SOC 023 Lecture : Sociology 23 Lecture Notes.doc
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Three major demographic forces: fertility, migration, mortality. Biggest challenges we will be facing: drops: european countries are facing this now due to fertility, in 20 years social security will be depleted, an aging population that depletes social security leads to not fully supporting current population. 6 elephants in the room 6 monkeys on your back: maternal/paternal grandparents, parents, great grandparents, most important: social security and health care. Everything is related to demography: the election of the president and the politics are all related. What are they focusing on? to demography. Japan: culture likely to suffer with lack of workforce and high aging of population, fallen behind china, currently 25% of population is 65+ but in the next few decades that will rise to almost half of the population. 40% of japan will be over the age 65+ by 2055. Age structure of the population: the young and the old: higher fertility leads to young age structure.
